Harvester.



7 UNITED TAI S Patented Septe1nber.22, 1903.

I NLOFE EZ EDYVARD A. IYIAINGUET, OF EVANGELINE, LOUISIANA.

HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,690, dated September 22, 1903.

Application filed July 20,1901. Serial No. 69,044. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EnwAienA. Mnmeos'r a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Evangeline, in the parish of Acadia and State of Louisiana, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Harvesters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in har-v '3 is a detail top plan view illustrating the connection between the cutter-bar and the packer whereby the latter is driven from the.

cutter-bar bya pitman connected to the out tor-bar.

The cutter-bar A is supported in suitable guides B in advance of the endless carrier 0, as shown in Fig. 2. This cutter-bar A is reciprocated by means of the lever D, which extends between the upper and lower runs of the carrier 0, is pivoted at D' between its I ends at a point between the runs of the cararranged to receive the points f at the ends.

rier O, is connected at its front end by the pitmen D with the cutter-bar A, such pitmen being pivoted at their adjacent ends to the forward end of the lever D and extending thence outwardly in opposite directions and pivoted at D to the cutter-bar at the opposite ends of the latter, and means are provided at D for reciprocating the rear end of the lever D so its front end will be caused to operate the cutter-bar, asdesired.

The carrier 0 is composed .of a series of comparatively narrow belts C, each provided with projecting teeth or bars (3 and extending side by side and around the outer and inner rollers E and E, one of which may be driven in any suitable manner to cause the carrier-belts to travel in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1. The roller E is provided between the carrier-belts O with grooves e, extending circumferentially and receive the grain directly of the spring-plates F and F, which springplates constitute the base of the packer, as

will be more fully described. It will be no iticed that the outer spring-platesF of the packer-base differ slightlyfrorn the plates F, being in the form of one-half of said plates F, asbest shown in Fig. 2. These plates F and F may be integral and formed by slotting a plate F at F from one end thereof to form the separate spring-plates and also to provide ways by means of the slots F for the teeth of the packer. This packer G is arranged a short distance from the inner roller E, providing a space between the packer and the saidrolle-r E, which space is spanned by the plates F and F, which latter are arched slightly upward within said space, as shown in Fig. 1, and curve gradually toward their extremities,where they are provided with the tongues f, which project within the grooves e of the roller E, as shown and before described.

The packer G comprises an endless apron G, provided with teeth G and extending around suitable pulleys H and l, the pulley H being the elevated guide-pulley and the pulleys I' being both guide and drive pulleys and being connected by a belt I, one of said pulleys I being provided with a crank 1 which is connected by a pitman l with the inner end of the cutter-bar, so suchcutter-bar will serve to operate the packer, as willbe understood from Figs. 1 and 2. It will be understood that the binding mechanism may be constructed in any ordinary manner and applied to the harvester. in the usual or other desired manner and be connected with and driven by the lever D, and as the construc 'tion of said binder forms no part of the present invention it does not seem necessary to illustrate it herein. It will be noticed particularly that the carrier 0 and the packersprings are arranged in alinement, that the packer-base, being ina straight line with the middle of the rollers E E, is constructed to from the carrier 0 by means'of upwardly curved or arched portions of its spring-plates, and that the lever extending between the runs of the carrier 0 is arranged to operate the cutter-bar and the packer and is so disposed that it is not likely to become clogged by the grain. The bars F having an inclination, as shown in Fig. 1,

' will force the grain to leave the packer and stay on the plate F and pass thereon to the binding mechanism.

As will be understood from the drawings and foregoing description, the lever D is in practice connected with and drives the several moving parts of the machine. The pulto the packer or other moving part of the apparatus. It will be understood that in thus giving the proper direction to the packer in starting the machine the spokes of the wheel H, such as shown in Fig. 1, may be grasped in the hand of the operator, and the said wheel may be turnedin the proper direction to start the packer as the machine is started.

Having thus described myinvention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The improvement in harvesters herein described comprising the packer having the endless apron, the guide-pulley and the opposite guide and drive pulleys one of'which is provided with a crank, the belt connecting the guide-pulleys, the carrier, the inner and outer rollers therefor, the inner roller being provided with annular grooves spaced apart and the carrier being composed of a series of belts arranged between the said grooves, the packer-base composed of a plurality of springplates provided at their ends with tongues entering the grooves of the carrier-roller and having their'portions adjoining said tongues gradually curved or bowed upwardly, the cutter-bar, a pitman connecting the cutter-- bar with the crank-arm ot' the drive-pulley of the packer, the lever extended between the runs of the belt, the pitmen connected with the forward end of the lever and extending thence in opposite directions and connected with the cutter-bar, and guides for the cutter-bar substantially as set forth.

2. In a harvester substantially as described the combination with the packer and the endless carrier composed of a series of belts spaced apart and the inner and outer rollers .for said belts, the inner roller being provided adjacent to the belts with annular grooves and the packer-base having aseries of springplates extending beneath the packer and across the space between the packer and the inner roller of the carrier and provided at provided between the belts with annular.

grooves, the packer, and the packer-base below the packer and having a series of springplates Whose extremities operate within the grooves of the packer-rollers, substantially as set forth.

4. In aharvestersubstantially as described, the combination of the endless carrier, the

packer having its apron provided with teeth,

and the packer-base below the packer and composed of a plate slotted from one end forming the spring-plates and ways for the teeth of the packer-apron, said spring-plates being extended across the space between the packer and the carrier substantially as set forth.

5. A harvester substantially as described comprising a cutting apparatus, the carrier in rear thereof and composed of the separate belts extending side by side and spaced apart, the packer, and the packer-base arranged beneath the packer and composed of a series of spring-plates extending in alinement with the space between the belts of the carrier approximately in a horizontal plane, substantially as set forth.

6. In a harvester substantially as described the combination of the carrier, the cutter-bar extendingin advance of the carrier,the packer comprising the apron, and guide and drive pulleys, one of the latter having a crank, a pitman connecting such crank with the cutter-bar, means for operating the cutter-bar and the packer-base, substantially as set forth.

7. In a harvester substantially as described the combination of the carrier composed of a series of belts extending side by side, rollers supporting said belts, one of the rollers being provided between the belts with annular grooves, the packer, and the packer-base composed of spring-plates extending in alinement with the space between the carrier-belts and havingtheir ends tapered and ter1ninating in tongues entering the grooves in the roller supporting the carrier-belts substantially as set forth.

EDWARD A. MAINGUET.

Witnesses:

SoLoN O. KEMON, PERRY B. TURPIN. 

